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No, instead Washington held a players-only meeting, still salty over blowing a three-goal lead.
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BOSTON (AP) — Matt Niskanen scored in overtime and backup Philipp Grubauer stopped 33 shots to lead the Washington Capitals to a 2-1 victory over the Boston Bruins on Saturday night.
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Milan Lucic hadn’t planned it, and, in fact, he didn’t consider what he might do at the end of Tuesday night’s game here in his return to Boston.
The Kings’ left wing took a partial victory lap on the TD Garden ice after their 9-2 victory,...

WASHINGTON — Braden Holtby stopped 28 shots, Alex Ovechkin scored his seventh goal and the Washington Capitals handed the Boston Bruins their first road loss of the season, 4-1 on Thursday night.John Carlson had a goal and an assist for the Capitals,...

Shaved, shorn and suavely suited, Kings players and staffers gathered onstage in the White House East room Monday and smiled politely as President Obama joked how unfortunate it was that they had defeated his hometown Chicago Blackhawks on the way to...

Despite the disappointment of another playoff flameout by his Pittsburgh Penguins that resulted in his coach and general manager getting fired, center Sidney Crosby put a cap on a successful regular season Tuesday night at the NHL Awards in Las Vegas.
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Maybe the Boston Bruins thought they had Jonas Hiller out of position and vulnerable Tuesday night.
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The record start to the regular season and the President’s Trophy were a promise.
The Blackhawks kept it Monday night.
In the most improbable, impossible way.
Down 2-1 with goalie Corey Crawford on the bench in the third period of Game 6 of the Stanley...

Game 5 was looking like a killer.
With a chance to eliminate the defending champion Kings and advance to the Stanley Cup Final on Saturday, the Blackhawks took home ice the way you’d dream, scoring two goals before Los Angeles managed a shot.
But then,...